I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths.
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I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths.
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I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
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I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness.
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Passages linked to Proverbs 4:11 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 25:4-5 Show me your ways, Yahweh. Teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth, and teach me, For you are the God of my salvation, I wait for you all day long.
- Ecclesiastes 12:9 Further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he pondered, sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
- Proverbs 8:9 They are all plain to him who understands, right to those who find knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 12:23-24 Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Yahweh in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you in the good and the right way. Only fear Yahweh, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things he has done for you.
- Psalms 23:3 He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
- Proverbs 8:6 Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.
- Deuteronomy 4:5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as Yahweh my God commanded me, that you should do so in the middle of the land where you go in to possess it.
- Proverbs 4:4 He taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.
- Proverbs 8:20 I walk in the way of righteousness, in the middle of the paths of justice,
- Acts 13:10 and said, “You son of the devil, full of all deceit and all cunning, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Solomon declareth what care his father had to bring…
Solomon declareth what care his father had to bring him up in the true fear of God: for this was David’s protestation.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Pro 4:11 I have taught thee in the way…
Pro 4:11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
Ver. 11. I have led thee in right paths.] Impli ambulant in circuitu, The wicked walk the round. So doth the devil, that great peripatetic. {Job 1:6-12} "How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter?" {Jer 31:22} "How long wilt thou run retrograde, or turn aside unto crooked ways?" {Psa 125:5} "The ways of the Lord are right, and the righteous shall walk in them; but the transgressors shall fall therein." {Hos 14:9}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain In the way of wisdom; either
In the way of wisdom; either
1. Which procureth wisdom. Or,
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2. Which wisdom directeth thee to walk in.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain I have taught thee in the way of wisdom,....…
I have taught thee in the way of wisdom,.... In the way that leads to it, or is concerning it; in the Gospel, which is the wisdom of God in a mystery, the manifold wisdom of God, and which directs to Christ and the knowledge of him, who is true wisdom; this is another reason or argument why the wise man's instructions should be attended to;
I have led thee in right paths; in paths of righteousness, holiness, and truth; in such as are agreeable to the will and word of God, and which lead right on to the city of habitation; and therefore such teachings and leadings should be followed, and such ways walked in.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain way of wisdom--which it prescribes.
way of wisdom--which it prescribes.
led thee--literally, "caused thee to tread," as a path (Psa 107:7).
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not be straitened--have ample room (Psa 18:36).
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain Eighth Address. Chap. Pro_4:10-19
Eighth Address. Chap. Pro_4:10-19
11. right paths] Rather, paths of uprightness, R.V., as at once being a more exact rendering and preserving better the parallelism.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The perfects, I have taught and I have led,…
The perfects, I have taught and I have led, in the original seem to have here the absolute signification of the past. The father recalls the instruction which he has given in times past. So Delitzsch. But Gejerus gives them the combined force of the past and future, "I have taught and I will more fully teach," and so with the other verb. The Vulgate renders, monstrabo, "I will show," and ducam, I will lead." In the way of wisdom ( b"derek khok"mah) may mean "in the way that leads to, or by which you come to Wisdom; I have taught you the manner in which Wisdom may be attained;" or "the way in which Wisdom walks" (Zockler). The ways of Wisdom are described in Pro_3:17 as ways of pleasantness." The next clause seems to indicate that the latter explanation is to be preferred. The (b) indicates the subject in which instruction has been given. In right paths (b"ma"g"le yosher ); literally, in the paths of rectitude; i.e. of straightness, paths of which the characteristic is uprightness. (On "paths," as signifying a carriageway, see Pro_2:9) Instruction and direction have formed the two elements in the father"s teaching. These present us with a model of education. "To teach duty without truth is to teach practice without motive; to teach truth without duty is to teach motive without the practice to which it should lead" (Wardlaw).
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 4:11-12 Wisdom’s . . . paths are straight (nondeceptive),…
4:11-12 Wisdom’s . . . paths are straight (nondeceptive), while those of a fool are crooked (2:15). • When you walk . . . run: The wise reach their goals more quickly and efficiently.
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